Architecture and Signaling Working Group

Charter:
The OIF Architecture and Signaling Working Group solicits and analyzes requirements from service providers. Based on these requirements, it develops implementation agreements related to architectures and signaling for Optical Internetworks and optical network elements.
Specifically, the working group may specify the definition of Optical Internetworking functions, the interfaces between functions, and the interfaces with other network components. In general, elements of the optical internetworking architecture may be physical entities or logical abstractions, and may lend themselves to different implementation approaches. The group will also define specific physical layer mechanisms for the exchange of signaling information among optical elements, and will develop signaling protocols to be used to exchange signaling information for connectivity among optical elements. The Architecture and Signaling Working Group shall work closely with other working groups in helping to define implementation agreements related to architectural and signaling requirements. These implementation agreements will enable clients of optical networks to dynamically establish optical channels with desired sets of attributes. Where possible, the group shall reuse or leverage the work of other standards groups or forums.

Chairperson

Current Focus Areas

• E-NNI
• UNI 1.0 revision 2
• UNI 2.0